Instead I cooked a chicken recipe from Lorraine which I thought looked absolutely delicious and really easy, although I did make a few alterations. One other positive about it is that you can make the chicken beforehand and then keep it in the fridge until you are ready to cook.
Ingredients for 2 people:
2 skinless chicken breasts
25g sun-blush tomatoes, chopped
25g green olives, chopped
50g cream cheese (I used light)
Small handful of basil, chopped
4 slices of parma ham
2 peppers, cut into large chunks
1 red onion, cut into chunks,
100g baby courgette, cut into chunks (we left this out)
6 cherry tomatoes
1 bulb of garlic, halved horizontally
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Preheat the oven to 200 C / gas mark 6.
Slice the olives, tomatoes and basil.
Mix with the cream cheese and season.
Lay the parma ham - two per chicken breast and then using a sharp knife, make a pocket in the chicken breast horizontally. You need to make sure you don't cut all the way through (which I obviously did on my first one - doh)!
Stuff the pocket with the cream cheese mixture.
Then wrap with the parma ham.
Cut off a square / rectangle of foil and wrap the chicken in the foil twisting the ends so it resembles a cracker.
Chop the veg and put into a roasting tray. Mix with the olive oil and balsamic vinegar and season.
Make space for the chicken wraps.
Put it in the oven for 30-35 minutes or until cooked through.
Slice the chicken and serve with the veg - bon appetit!
I really enjoyed it - really tasty and full of flavours and the vegetables had a real crunch to them which was divine. I loved the addition of the garlic as well. Arabella prefers Fay's Roll Up Chicken which I also adore however this makes a great alternative. I will definitely be doing this again, healthy but delicious….a real treat.
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